Rabat – After years of severed ties between Morocco and Venezuela, the Moroccan minister of foreign affairs, Nasser Bourita, met with his Venezuelan counterpart, Jorge Arreaza, to strengthen bilateral relations.

On the sidelines of Marrakech’s intergovernmental migration conference on December 10 and 11, which saw the adoption of the Global Migration Compact, the two ministers shared views on migration issues and human rights.

Venezuela’s Ministry of People’s Power for Foreign Affairs shared a photo of the two ministers on Twitter, writing: “From Marrakech … Venezuela is consolidating friendly relations between the nations [Morocco-Venezuela].”

The meeting between the two counterparts was not the first of its kind this year. Bourita and Arreaza met in September at the 73rd session of the UN’s annual General Assembly in New York, paving the way for a smoother meeting at the Marrakech conference.